THIS is what the cast of Dirty Dancing looks like thirty years later

Nobody puts baby in a corner! That line has the power to make most of us go weak at the knees, even today.

Dirty Dancing turns thirty this week (let that sink in) and remains the most romantic film of all time in our opinion.

But what became of our favourite characters over the past three decades? Did they rumba off into the sunset or cha cha cha into oblivion.

Here’s what you need to know:

1) Baby Houseman/Jennifer Grey

Jennifer Gray deeply regretted the plastic surgery that left her looking unrecognisable.

Who didn’t play at being Baby growing up? For Jennifer Grey Dirty Dancing was her big break, catapulting her into super stardom overnight.

She beat out Sarah Jessica Parker and Sharon Stone to land the role.

She never managed to capitalise on her success however slipping into TV Movie obscurity until she popped up on our screens as Mindy on Friends. The actress has blamed her decision to have a nose job for ruining her career saying: ‘I walked in a celebrity and came out anonymous.’

She also struggled in her personal life with two failed engagements under her belt, her relationship with Johnny Depp broke down one year into their engagement

Her relationship with Matthew Broderick meanwhile resulted in tragedy when he accidently swerved into the wrong lane while driving in Enniskillen and a mother and daughter lost their lives.

Grey married Iron Man actor Clarrke Gregg in 2001 and the pair have a daughter named Stella.

2) Johnny Castle/ Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze lost his battle with cancer in 2009

If anyone was born to play the role of Johnny Castle it was Patrick Swayze. The actor grew up in his mother’s dance studio and landed the part after a stint playing Danny from Grease on Broadway.

After Dirty Dancing he went on to play another iconic part Sam in Ghost but always credited the film with teaching him how to perform love scenes.

He also wrote the song ‘She’s like the Wind’ for the soundtrack. In an interview with People Movies he said that he wrote about his wife Lisa saying: ‘I had been meeting girls with names like Mimi and Angel. Then I fell in love with Lisa, my wife and for a long time didn’t feel like I deserved her.’

The actor’s battle with alcoholism led Lisa to walk out on him in 2006 which forced him to give up drinking.

He tragically lost his battle with cancer in 2009.

3) Penny Johnson/ Cynthia Rhodes

Cynthia Rhodes retired from acting

Cynthia Rhodes was already an accomplished dancer when she was chosen to play Penny having appeared in Flash Dance, Staying Alive and the music video for Rosanna.

She married singer Richard Marxs and retired from acting in 1991 to concentrate on raising her family. The couple divorced in 2014.

4) Jake Houseman/ Jerry Orbach

Jerry Orbach was a regular on Law & Order before losing his battle to cancer.

Jerry Orbach had a colourful career before appearing in Dirty Dancing. He worked as a driver for Mae West and was one of the last people to see mobster Joe Gallo alive.

Following the film he appeared as Lt Lennie Briscoe in the tv series Law & Order. He passed away in 2004 after a long battle with cancer. Orbach was a passionate animal rights activist and an organ donor, his death gave someone the gift of sight.

5) Marjorie Houseman /Kelly Bishop

Kelly Bishop became a Gilmore Girl

Kelly Bishop has made a career playing difficult mothers, following her role in Dirty Dancing she took on the role of Emily Gilmore in The Gilmore Girls.

And as it turns out Baby really did get her dance moves from her mother- Bishop is an acclaimed dancer having won a Tony for her role in A Chorus Line on Broadway.

In an recent interview she admitted that the cast thought the film would be a flop saying:‘We thought the title was weird… we all thought that they were trying to do something a little bit exploitive and trick people into coming to see it because they thought it would be light porn or something like that.’

6) Lisa Houseman/ Jane Brucker

Jane Brucker became a screenwriter

Lisa Houseman was the comedic foil to the Dirty Dancing’s edgier themes of abortion and class division.

Since the film she has mostly appeared on TV but once the acting roles dried up she turned her hand to screenwriting.

She lives in LA with her second husband and daughter Sally.

7) Neil Kellerman/ Lonny Price

Lonny Price turned his hand to directing

Lonny Price who played Neal Kellerman all but retired from acting after the film, mostly turning up in cameos and bit parts on TV.

He went on to forge a successful career as a director and co-wrote the award winning musical A Class Act.

8) Robbie/ Max Cantor

Max Cantor passed away from a heroin overdose

The role of Robbie, the waiter who got Penny pregnant was played by Max Cantor. As the son of theatre producer Arthur Cantor he grew up in the business but after Dirty Dancing he turned his hand to journalism.

He tragically lost his life from a heroin overdose in 1991 while researching addicts in New York.